HI In a edit form which has text boxes is it possible to emulate TAB and Shift-TAB with the UP & DOWN keys Thanks in advance ...more >>

Okay, I have a program that has many optional windows. Its not mdi or anything, it just has alot of windows that you can choose to have that would add extra features to the program. Now, I need to have the properties of these windows to stay when the user exits (which windows are opened/closed...more >>

Hi, I need to store two columns of values in an object after getting the same from a dataset\similar object. 1. I need to sort this data at one place, so I use sortedlist here. 2. In another place, I just need to store the data and pass it to a business object where it gets further proc...more >>

How do you handle references to a variable in VB.NET? Consider something like this: Public Class MyClass Private m_Widget As MyWidget End Class I realise that if you do something like: m_Widget = New MyWidget The m_Widget holds a reference to the new MyWidget object. If you t...more >>

Hi. I'm trying to build my first application with database access using VB 2005. I'm a VB 6 programmer and learning everything again has been challenging. I managed to write a code using some tips from a book I recently bought. The navigation works fine. My problem starts when it comes to adding...more >>

Is it possible to detect if a property of a class is Readonly, WriteOnly, or Read/Write? ...more >>

I am using a threadpool to process UDP broadcast messages. I cant figure out how to type the threadpool call back. Below is a snip of my code. The "process_UDP_Message" needs to pass a byte array .... but the Call Back only passes back a generic object. Anyone know how I can force the typ...more >>

I'm having difficulty getting this to work. Any help would be appreciated. What I'm trying to do is to open Explorer onto the Windows/fonts directory and then close it. I've added a font programmatically to the directory and found that the easiest way to refresh the folder is to just open wind...more >>

Can anyone tell me why this isn't working in VB.NET 2003? And no, the problem lies between the keyboard and the back of the chair is not a valid answer!!!! Me.TextBox1.SelectionStart = 0 Me.TextBox1.SelectionLength = 3 Me.TextBox1.SelectedText = "MOO" Thanks ...more >>

Hi, I am trying to print a invoice form with data from dataset using vb.net and printer is dot matrix. Invoice is a continues paper with pre-printed headers like First Name, Last Name, SSN# etc. and after each header their are some blank block like for SSN# 9 small box. I hv to print each dig...more >>

Hi, Let me see if I can explain this, I have noticed that when I create new windows forms (within my larger window form which serves as the primary interface with dropdown menus etc) that sometimes you can activate more than one window at once if you click back and forth enough. Normally I w...more >>

How can I get the login name of the user currently logged into Windows as a string? Thanks, Steve Enzer ...more >>

Hi all, newbie one again. In a treeview how can I get the selected one to still be "reverse" (as Selected) went control lose focus ? That Will help me to see on which record I work ! Marc R. ...more >>

In vb 6 i had a something like result = CLng(UserDate) - CLng(MyDate) in vb.net I get an error "Value of tyep 'Date' cannot be converted to 'Long'. How do i get around this? ...more >>

I'm trying to find on MSDN, or someplace, that speaks to variables being public or private by default. Anyone know where? Thanks. ...more >>

I have added a ContextMenuStrip to my form and assigned several controls to it. My question is how can I retrieve the menu item that has been clicked with in the ContextMenuStrip1_Click event and also how do I find the calling control that clicked the menu item? Thanks ...more >>

Hi , I am trying to use DateDiff to get the date after subtracting 60 days from today. Please help thanks -L ...more >>

Hi, I am creating a web app, and using a dataview. I want to be able to put an iframe on around the dataview. How do I do this? Brian...more >>

How do I get the color depth of the screen/display adapter with vb.net 2003? Background: We're having transparency problems (long side story and known Windows "bug") that requires our systems to have the Color Depth or "Color Quality" (bits per pixel) of the display adapter (screen) to be 16 ...more >>

I asked this question before but got no responses. Let me rephrase the question. I have a class that as a property defined as a list of classes. Public Class ClassA Public Property Prop1 as List(of ClassB) In a code segment, I can add an instance of ClassB to the Prop1 property of an ins...more >>

Is it possible to have different columns of a datagrid bound to different datatables? I am working on a project and the specks have suddenly changed. Now a item can have multiple reports/ versions assigned to it. But they like the look of the datagrid and want to keep it. So now I have one c...more >>

i have a class i found/wrote (meaning i found it originally and tinkered with it to make it mine) and i would like some suggestions on how to make it better. i am looking for things i need to add, weaknesses, whatnot. Thanks in advance. ---------------------------------------------------------...more >>

[the xpost is justifiable, I think] Just now I translated Jon Skeet's WaitHandle.WaitAny / .WaitAll (<http://yoda.arachsys.com/csharp/threads/waithandles.shtml>) from C# into VB.NET, and after the first go I ran into trouble: (from the docs for WaitHandle.WaitAll) >> NotSupportedException ...more >>

Hi all, I would like to know how can I do to display print dialog so that the user can choose printer when printing word document object. Basically, I download rtf document on the HD and open it with VB.NET then use printout method to print it. Now, what I want to do is to make the prin...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to use the Edanmo Shell Extension Library (http://www.mvps.org/emorcillo/en/code/shell/shellextensions.shtml) to make a Context Menu in the Windows Explorer with VB.NET 2005. It seems realy easy to use this library: - I inherited from ContextMenuHandlerBase - I made the ass...more >>

....... that nobody knows the answer. I can't imagine that I am the only one that uses parameters in CR. So, my question again: I have the following problem. (VB.NET 2003 with CR) I have a report with a multiple-value discrete value and a rangevalue. The report shows fine in the viewer, ...more >>

I remember reading somewhere that transparent forms will not display correctly on some systems. The Microsoft help says the about the opacity setting: "Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 family Platform Note: This property has no effect on platforms that cannot display layered windows." a...more >>

I've been complaing about the VB2005 Help-Information (or rather the lack of it) before, but when I was looking how to set the backstyle of a label control to "Transparent" I found that the VB2005 documentation has reached an all-time low (please note the part about the z-order): MSDN: In ...more >>

Hi I've just wtritten a desktop app using VB.NET 2005 Express Edittion. It makes use of the MS Word 10 Com Components, andsome ZIP libraries that I have. I need the appropriate DLL's to be built into the solution so that when I install on another machine in my organisation, it will also instal...more >>

vb.net 2003 i read the msdn documentation on Const ADS_UF_ACCOUNTDISABLE = &H2 how do i use the above to determine whether my account is disabled ? The following does not work. select case userAccountControl case ADS_UF_ACCOUNTDISABLE console.write ("account is disable") ...more >>